Posted on Thursday, October 29th, 2015 at 8:25 am.
Our debate topic last week was who should be boxing’s new pound for pound top guy with the recent retirement of pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. The names of Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (34-0 , 31 KOs) and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (44-0 , 38 KOs) are the top two names being considered after their :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 at 2:42 pm.
Big news erupting in the world of boxing so without further ado, here is your Around the Ring: Breaking News – At the World Boxing Organization (WBO) convention happening right now in Orlando, Florida, the sanctioning body has officially stripped Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux of the super bantamweight title for not defending it according to their :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 at 11:06 am.
We saw our current win streak extended to 5 consecutive weeks. Last week’s pick was the fight between unbeaten Rob Brant (18-0, 11KOs) of Minnesota and Louis Rose (13-4-1, 5KOs) of Southern California. The bout took place at the Celebrity Theater in Phoenix, Arizona. The bout was aired live on Showtime’s Sho-Box series. It was :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 at 2:12 pm.
In a systematic beat down this past Saturday night from Omaha, Nebraska, hometown ultra-favorite Terence “Bud” Crawford defeated the Haitian living in Canada Dierry Jean in ten rounds. Crawford sent Jean to the canvas three times, once in the first, ninth and tenth round. With the win Crawford defended his WBO light welterweight title as :READ MORE…
Posted on Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 at 2:07 pm.
Former world champion Sugar Shane Mosley (48-9-1 , 40KOs) has stated on twitter that he will be going after his 6th world title December 19th. Some British media publications have reported this news as well. Mosley would be challenging newly crowned WBO champion Liam Smith (21-0-1 , 11KOs). The bout would take place at the :READ MORE…
Posted on Monday, October 26th, 2015 at 10:41 am.
Former two- time world title challenger Tony “The Tiger” Thompson (40-5 , 27KOs) will return to the ring this Friday. His opponent will be Malik “King” Scott (37-2-1 , 13KOs) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The bout will take place a The Venue at UCF, located behind the CFE Arena in Orlando, Fla. The show will be :READ MORE…
Posted on Sunday, October 25th, 2015 at 5:55 am.
Undoubtedly one of the most anticipated fights for 2016 is the little man match up between current WBC flyweight champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez and Mexico’s Juan Francisco “Gallito” Estrada. They have met once before in 2012 where Gonzalez defeated Estrada via points in a unanimous decision. The issue with that fight, at least for Estrada, :READ MORE…
Posted on Friday, October 23rd, 2015 at 8:50 am.
Former world title challenger Dierry Jean (29-1 , 20 KOs) of Canada by way of Haiti will once again get his chance at a world title this Saturday night. Jean will challenge unbeaten WBO junior welterweight champion of the world Terrance Crawford (26-0 , 18 KOs). The main event will take place in Crawford’s hometown :READ MORE…
Posted on Thursday, October 22nd, 2015 at 7:49 am.
Our debate topic last week was who would win between undefeated unified light heavyweight world champion Sergei Kovalev and Unbeaten Super Middleweight world champion Andre Ward. Both guys are at the top of their perspective divisions in the eyes of many. We assumed that the bout would take place at 175 since Kovalev has been :READ MORE…
Posted on Wednesday, October 21st, 2015 at 3:49 pm.
Boxing fans, we witnessed a great fight card last weekend but the boxing world moves on and there is more news to keep up with. With that said, here is your latest Around The Ring: 1. Tarver Fails Again – Forty-six year old former world champion Antonio Tarver came up positive for synthetic testosterone in :READ MORE…
Boxing History: November 10, 1983 Marvelous Marvin Hagler W 15 Roberto Duran, Las Vegas. Retains World Middleweight Title. Record won 62 (KO 52) + lost 3 + drawn 2 = 67 Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler; May 23, 1954 in Newark, NJ) was Undisputed World Middleweight Champion from 1980 to 1987. Hagler made :READ MORE…
